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My storage unit is going up for auction and I want my stuff but I cant afford to pay the $600 required to get my stuff out. Can I go to the auction myself and bid on it or should I bring a friend to bid for me? Also how can I get the other people not to bid on it? I only have about $150 to do this with cuz I also have to be able to get a moving truck to transport everything. How do I go about doing this?

I'm sorry to hear what you're going through. I'm not too familiar with issues like this, the only advice I have (which I'm sure you've already done) is to call the storage unit place, or better yet go in person, and see if you can reach some sort of payment plan. Not too sure if storage places do that or not.

As for ensuring that people don't bid on it...just pray that Storage Wars or Auction Hunters or some type of "reality" show isn't being filmed there or you might definitely be out of luck.

THe storage unit was auctioned off on the 26th of September. I was there and I saw who won. I talked to them and gave them my phone number and asked them to call me if there was anything they did not want in their. THey ever called me. Instead yesterday I got a call from the storage company and was told that there was some stuff there for me. I went down there and picked it up. Most of it was crap. There was a couple of momentos but for the most part my kids baby stuff was still missing. Im hoping that they have not started throwing stuff in the trash. I am going to email the auction company today and hope that they can get these ppl to contact me.

That is awful. If you approached them, they could have worked with you in some way. How insensitive and greedy. What would they want with your momentos and such. If they toss stuff out, is it in a place where you can retrieve it without getting into trouble?

I've helped folks move items to storage... many eventually loose the contents or pay far more than it is ever worth...

I helped an older lady move the contents from her mother's apartment 20 years ago... she is still paying storage all these years and said she can't bear to go through her mother's things to decided what to get rid of.

Storage serves a very real need... to say that the companies are crooks because a person didn't pay... is a bit of a stretch.

You must have known ahead of time you would not be able to pay and could have removed the most important items...

I have seen people incarcerated loose everything because they were not in a position to do anything about it... again, does not make the company a crook.

That is awful. If you approached them, they could have worked with you in some way. How insensitive and greedy. What would they want with your momentos and such. If they toss stuff out, is it in a place where you can retrieve it without getting into trouble?

Why does anyone go to these auctions other than to find hidden treasure.

The OP Sassypants was given the opportunity to pay off the bad debt and did not. He or she thought they could sweet talk or harass the winning bidder to regain their objects.

Even after the winning bidder left some of the property the OP is ungrateful.

I've helped folks move items to storage... many eventually loose the contents or pay far more than it is ever worth...

I helped an older lady move the contents from her mother's apartment 20 years ago... she is still paying storage all these years and said she can't bear to go through her mother's things to decided what to get rid of.

Storage serves a very real need... to say that the companies are crooks because a person didn't pay... is a bit of a stretch.

You must have known ahead of time you would not be able to pay and could have removed the most important items...

I have seen people incarcerated loose everything because they were not in a position to do anything about it... again, does not make the company a crook.

Sounds like a personal problem. Or are you suggesting the business owner should take the loss for their criminality or that gubmint bail them out?

That's a sob-story run dry!

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